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Union Benevolent Association Announces New Grantmaking Strategy Focused on Strengthening Communities

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Thursday, July 18, 2024
... UBA logo.jpg The Union Benevolent Association (UBA), a cornerstone of philanthropy in Philadelphia since 1831, ... Monique Curry-Mims, Executive Director of UBA. “This new approach allows us to deepen our impact by building ... the needs they serve.” Core Principles Guiding UBA’s Giving: We support work that improves the quality of life of ...
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NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... year, provides unrestricted funding to eligible nonprofits that provide vital support to Philadelphia-area communities ... and Telemundo-owned stations’ 11 U.S. markets, which are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, ... music mentorship framework is designed to provide youth a pathway to academic, economic, and emotional stability by ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Advances Mission with New Community Opportunities

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
... PA)  - Brandywine Health Foundation is sharing two new opportunities with the community. One helps to support ... ways to improve health outcomes for youth or on projects that will address food insecurity in the community. This ... is seeking organizations that engage community members in a sustainable manner, produce measurable outputs and ...

The Sarah Ralston Foundation Welcomes Heather Finnegan as New Executive Director

Heather Finnegan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
... to announce the appointment of Heather Finnegan as its new Executive Director, marking an exciting new chapter in ... capacity building, and strategic leadership, bringing a wealth of knowledge and passion to her role. This ... goals. “Heather’s background in anthropology suggested that her approach to tackling complex problems and issues ...
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City Launches Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
... Fund, using opioid settlement funds, will implement a community-driven grantmaking process that focuses on geographic areas most impacted by the ...  mirroring national data. The City of Philadelphia is committed to ensuring that the communities that have been ...
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Philly foundations launch $6.5M COVID-19 emergency fund for local nonprofits

Friday, March 20, 2020
... for WHYY Philadelphia officials announced on Thursday a $6.5M regional emergency fund for the city and surrounding ... populations during the viral outbreak. “The pandemic is placing extraordinary stress on our city and region, ... particularly on already strained community organizations that help our most vulnerable residents, and we must work ...
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The Genuardi Family Foundation Announces New Leadership

Marisa Ferst
Thursday, October 4, 2018
... as the President of the Board.  Mrs. Ferst starts her new position on November 5, 2018, while Mrs. Borrelli’s ... us,” said Mrs. Borrelli.  “Marisa’s experience as a social worker, collaborator, and leader of one of our ... The Foundation honors the family’s cherished legacy of giving to others, through its support of nonprofit ...
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Connelly Foundation Elects Tom Riley as new President

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
... is proud to announce the election of Tom Riley as its new President. Mr. Riley succeeds Josephine C. Mandeville, ... Planning at the foundation since 2012. Mr. Riley has had a long career in philanthropy and public policy. He was ... programs. He writes and speaks frequently about charitable giving, as a contributing editor of Philanthropy magazine, a ...
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FCP Selects Tobias Bruhn as New Executive Director

Tobias Bruhn
Thursday, January 9, 2020
... Partnership’s (FCP) Board of Directors has announced that Tobi Bruhn, Ed.D., CFRE will take on the role of ... decades of management and development experience to his new role as Executive Director at Foundations Community ... where he was responsible for advancing the College as a diverse community of learners and a vibrant center for ...
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Salem Health and Wellness Foundation names new leader

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
... Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Paul DiLorenzo.  Paul will follow ... who has served in this role for the past 15 years. During that time, the foundation has grown and supported many ... County, New Jersey. Paul comes to the foundation after a four-decade career in human services and child welfare. He ...
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Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... managing active COVID-19 relief and recovery funds that are helping communities recover from the COVID-19 ... and underserved in our country. The Fund will award a total of $8.5 million in grants to help these organizations ... and sustain their funds. The grants can be used to add new staff, acquire new cutting-edge technology, or address ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that its Executive Director, Barbara Silzle, will step down ... which saw drastic cuts to the Fund’s budget, which had a ripple effect across the sector. On behalf of the board and ... work of the Fund in support of our grantees. The board is developing a transition plan and will share further ...
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Chesco Residents Gather to Reflect on Lessons Learned and Strategies for Sustaining a Female-Led Cultural Movement

Friday, February 2, 2018
... 2018) - The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls hosted a panel discussion in our WomenTalk series on the cultural ... The full discussion was streamed through Facebook Live and is available on our Facebook page . Facilitator Nia Meeks , ... themselves. One attendee, Amber Little-Turner, is taking that last message to heart. The lifelong Coatesville resident ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... of Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM) , shared a heartwarming story from an uninsured patient who received ... Pennsylvania , spoke about its Violence Initiative program that provides resources for female immigrants who have ... violence and sexual assault. This year, CCFWG introduced a new two-year funding program , pledging to award three ...

First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... Requests for funding total more than $1.5 million, with new requests arriving daily. The Fund is the only such effort ... the 8-county South Jersey region. It was established by a coalition of local residents, business and philanthropic ... off key staff and bleeding resources – a one-two punch that threatens the organizations and the people they ...
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Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In addition ... in the short-term through these two relief funds, there is a long-term opportunity for leadership and action in all ... our funds support. If ever there was a time to step up giving and tap into endowments, this is it.” The two worker ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-In-Philanthropy Program Awards $72,000 In Grants to Philadelphia Nonprofits

Youthadelphia
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
... pressing issues for young adults. YOUTHadelphia, a group comprised of Philadelphia teens ages 14-18, ... in philanthropy with youth involved in the Teen Giving Project of the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia. ... Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey , received a $6,000 grant in support of the Girls ...
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Funder/Nonprofit Happy Hour: Connecting the PEOPLE behind the roles

Happy Hour
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
... Member Engagement Committee Somehow, despite the fact that the word philanthropy derives from the Greek meaning ... humankind,” the funder/nonprofit dynamic can suffer from a shortage of both love and humanity.  Traditional ... got to know each other on a human level, and the hope is that these personal connections among peers, not marked as ...

Foundations Community Partnership Awards Over $158,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The new funding will help serve 7,724 Bucks County residents. FCP ... PA (December 20, 2022) – During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of ... awarded $158,400 in grants to 18 non-profit organizations serving Bucks County, including 10 Bucks Innovation and ...
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